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Is expiedia.com safe?

http://expiedia.com/

72/100
Low Risk

Analysis coverage: strong · 2 of 5 core capabilities

Verdict

expiedia.com is a typosquatting redirect to real Expedia after CAPTCHA

expiedia.com uses a misspelled domain to capture traffic and redirect to https://www.expedia.com with affiliate tracking. The page displays a human-verification slider CAPTCHA citing browser behavior and shared IP 104.243.34.45. All security signals including VirusTotal (0 malicious) and Google Safe Browsing are clean; the domain forwards users to the legitimate travel site.

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No antivirus detections across 92 engines
Type expedia.com directly or use bookmarks; treat any similar misspelled domain as untrusted even when it leads to a legitimate destination.
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01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

expiedia.com uses a misspelled domain to capture traffic and redirect to https://www.expedia.com with affiliate tracking. The page displays a human-verification slider CAPTCHA citing browser behavior and shared IP 104.243.34.45. All security signals including VirusTotal (0 malicious) and Google Safe Browsing are clean; the domain forwards users to the legitimate travel site.

What the site appears to do

Serves a branded Expedia logo page with a slide-to-verify CAPTCHA before redirecting.

Performs two 301 redirects ending at the official Expedia homepage with parameter afmcid=nav.exp.mis.expiedia.

Decisive evidence

Redirect chain and affiliate parameter directly observed in navigation data.

VirusTotal 61 harmless / 0 malicious engines and Safe Browsing clean result.

Valid TLS certificate on final host; no file downloads, popups, or credential forms detected.

Practical user impact

Users who mistype the domain reach the real Expedia site but generate revenue for an unknown affiliate operator.

No malware, phishing harvest, or data theft observed; risk is limited to brand confusion and unintended affiliate support.

Why the score is 72

The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Antivirus Engines

Saved result - stale

No detections across 92 engines

No antivirus engine in this saved scan raised an adverse result. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious
0
Suspicious
0
Total
92
All 92 engine results
  • 0xSI_f33d - unrated - Clean
  • Abusix - clean - Clean
  • Acronis - clean - Clean
  • ADMINUSLabs - clean - Clean
  • AILabs (MONITORAPP) - clean - Clean
  • AlienVault - clean - Clean
  • alphaMountain.ai - clean - Clean
  • AlphaSOC - unrated - Clean
  • Antiy-AVL - clean - Clean
  • ArcSight Threat Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • AutoShun - unrated - Clean
  • Bfore.Ai PreCrime - unrated - Clean
  • BitDefender - clean - Clean
  • Bkav - unrated - Clean
  • BlockList - clean - Clean
  • Blueliv - clean - Clean
  • Certego - clean - Clean
  • ChainPatrol - unrated - Clean
  • Chong Lua Dao - clean - Clean
  • CINS Army - clean - Clean
  • Cluster25 - unrated - Clean
  • CRDF - clean - Clean
  • Criminal IP - clean - Clean
  • CSIS Security Group - unrated - Clean
  • CTX AI - clean - Clean
  • Cyan - unrated - Clean
  • Cyble - clean - Clean
  • CyRadar - clean - Clean
  • desenmascara.me - clean - Clean
  • DNS8 - clean - Clean
  • Dr.Web - clean - Clean
  • EmergingThreats - clean - Clean
  • Emsisoft - clean - Clean
  • Ermes - unrated - Clean
  • ESET - clean - Clean
  • ESTsecurity - clean - Clean
  • Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - clean - Clean
  • Fortinet - clean - Clean
  • Fortra - unrated - Clean
  • G-Data - clean - Clean
  • GCP Abuse Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • Google Safe Browsing - clean - Clean
  • GreenSnow - clean - Clean
  • GreyNoise - unrated - Clean
  • Gridinsoft - unrated - Clean
  • Guardpot - unrated - Clean
  • Heimdal Security - clean - Clean
  • Hunt.io Intelligence - unrated - Clean
  • IPsum - clean - Clean
  • Juniper Networks - clean - Clean
  • K7AntiVirus - unrated - Clean
  • Kaspersky - clean - Clean
  • LevelBlue - clean - Clean
  • Lionic - clean - Clean
  • Lumu - unrated - Clean
  • Malwared - clean - Clean
  • MalwarePatrol - clean - Clean
  • MalwareURL - unrated - Clean
  • Mimecast - unrated - Clean
  • Netcraft - unrated - Clean
  • OpenPhish - clean - Clean
  • PhishFort - unrated - Clean
  • Phishing Database - clean - Clean
  • Phishtank - clean - Clean
  • PREBYTES - clean - Clean
  • PrecisionSec - unrated - Clean
  • Quick Heal - clean - Clean
  • Quttera - clean - Clean
  • Rising - clean - Clean
  • SafeToOpen - unrated - Clean
  • Sangfor - clean - Clean
  • Sansec eComscan - unrated - Clean
  • Scantitan - clean - Clean
  • Seclookup - clean - Clean
  • securolytics - clean - Clean
  • Snort IP sample list - unrated - Clean
  • SOCRadar - unrated - Clean
  • Sophos - clean - Clean
  • StopForumSpam - clean - Clean
  • Sucuri SiteCheck - clean - Clean
  • ThreatHive - clean - Clean
  • URLhaus - clean - Clean
  • URLQuery - unrated - Clean
  • Viettel Threat Intelligence - clean - Clean
  • VIPRE - unrated - Clean
  • ViriBack - clean - Clean
  • VX Vault - clean - Clean
  • Webroot - clean - Clean
  • Xcitium Verdict Cloud - clean - Clean
  • Yandex Safebrowsing - clean - Clean
  • ZeroCERT - clean - Clean
  • ZeroFox - unrated - Clean

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

CAPTURED PAGE
expiedia.com
What our review noticed on this page
1Slide right to secure your access with Expedia logo2Browser behavior flagged; IP 104.243.34.45 shared

Captured during this scan in a safe sandbox. Opening this report does not revisit the site. Marker positions are approximate. See full visual analysis →

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Visual analysis

Visual warning signs were identified

Slide right to secure your access with Expedia logo Browser behavior flagged; IP 104.243.34.45 shared

93/100 visual risk

What the captured page showed

2 observations
  1. 01

    Slide right to secure your access with Expedia logo

  2. 02

    Browser behavior flagged; IP 104.243.34.45 shared

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.
  1. 1

    What the site claims

    The page presents itself as a service operating on expiedia.com.

  2. 2

    What we observed

    Saved browser evidence recorded forced redirects, cross domain landing.

  3. 3

    What independent research found

    No complete independent-research result was available in this saved report.

  4. 4

    What remains unverified

    3 of the five core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

Phishing & Impersonation

Service and business model

Unknown

Affiliate

Observed behavior

Forced RedirectsCross Domain Landing

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
VirusTotal
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗
Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domainexpiedia.com
Redirects towww.expedia.com
Hosted byVercara, LLC

Domain Timeline

  1. Mar 3, 2000
    Domain registered

    First appeared in WHOIS records — 26 years old today.

  2. Jul 30, 2026
    Saved security review — Reviewed — inconclusive

    The completed checks from this saved scan are detailed above.

expiedia.com has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age26 years old
RegistrarCSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
RegisteredMar 3, 2000
ExpiresMar 3, 2027
Owner privacyUnknown
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · YE2
ExpiresAug 28, 2026 (29d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingVercara, LLC
Server locationUS

Redirect Chain

Hops
2
Cross-domain
Yes
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://expiedia.com/
  • 2301http://www.expedia.com/default.asp?afmcid=nav.exp.mis.expiediacross-domain
  • 3429https://www.expedia.com/default.asp?afmcid=nav.exp.mis.expiediacross-domain

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score1%
Reports on file1
ISPVercara, LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.
Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

AntiviruspartialBrowser threat feedcompletePage contentpartialAnalysiscompleteVisual evidenceunavailable

Technical threat

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

unknown

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

suspicious

Additional evidence review

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Antivirus
Result: 0 of 92 engines flagged
Limited
No saved finding
Freshness: stale fallback · Jul 30, 2026
Browser protection
Result: No browser threat-list match
Completed
No adverse finding
Page content
Result: Page content was not available for semantic review
Limited
No saved finding
Visual evidence
Result: 2 visible observations saved with the page capture
Completed
Adverse
Independent research
Result: Independent research was not available for this report
Unavailable
No saved finding

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Verify before you trust

We couldn't gather enough signal for a confident verdict — tread carefully.

  • Find the company through independent channels

    Search for the business on LinkedIn, an official registry (Companies House, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR), or via the brand's known social channels. If you can't trace a real entity, that itself is a red flag.

  • Never pay by crypto, gift card, or bank transfer

    If the site forces an irreversible payment method, stop. Cards and PayPal give you chargeback protection — irreversible methods don't.

  • Ask the forum

    Post the URL in the MalwareTips Scam Reports forum — experienced members often recognise patterns immediately.

    Open
Final verdictLevel 2 of 5
72/100 safety

Low Risk

expiedia.com is a typosquatting redirect to real Expedia after CAPTCHA

expiedia.com uses a misspelled domain to capture traffic and redirect to https://www.expedia.com with affiliate tracking. The page displays a human-verification slider CAPTCHA citing browser behavior and shared IP 104.243.34.45. All security signals including VirusTotal (0 malicious) and Google Safe Browsing are clean; the domain forwards users to the legitimate travel site.

  1. 01

    The page automatically sent the browser to an unrelated external site.

  2. 02

    No Google browser threat warning

  3. 03

    No antivirus detections across 92 engines

Type expedia.com directly or use bookmarks; treat any similar misspelled domain as untrusted even when it leads to a legitimate destination.
Saved page capture
Evidence balance7 signals
Positive
3
Limited
3
Risk
1
Analysis coverage
75%
strong coverage
Core capabilities
2/5
completed checks
Source coverage
2/5
sources complete
Evidence checks
1/8
completed checks flagged
Technical threatNot confirmed50/100 risk
Operator / customer riskSUSPICIOUS72/100 risk
Safety range

Saved evidence only. Missing checks are never treated as a clean result.

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08 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is expiedia.com a scam or is it safe?
expiedia.com has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). The saved checks found no material threat, but the report did not meet every requirement for the highest Safe tier. Use normal caution and independently verify the operator before irreversible payments or unusually sensitive actions.
Is expiedia.com safe to use?
expiedia.com has a Safety Score of 72/100 (Low Risk). Analysis coverage is strong at 75%. Normal caution; verify sensitive actions.
Has expiedia.com been flagged by antivirus engines?
No — all 92 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network currently report expiedia.com as clean. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.
Is expiedia.com on any phishing or malware blacklists?
No — expiedia.com is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.
How old is the expiedia.com domain?
expiedia.com is 26.4 years old, registered on March 3, 2000 through CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.. A multi-year registration history is one of the stronger signals against a scam, though it's never a guarantee on its own — established domains can still be misused.
Does expiedia.com have a valid SSL certificate?
Yes — expiedia.com presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · YE2, valid for another 29 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".
Where is expiedia.com hosted?
expiedia.com resolves to an IP operated by Vercara, LLC in US (Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.
How often is the expiedia.com report updated?
This report is a record of the scan run on July 30, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about expiedia.com has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.